Tag Archive: Food Security

By Esther Ngumbi Healthy soils are necessary to produce healthy food and achieve sustainable global food security. They also are a useful resource in the fight against climate change, as they absorb carbon from the air and store it. Recognizing these…Read more

By Mojisola Ojebode I vividly remember my first visit to the United States, and how fascinated I was to see organic labels on fruits and other food in a grocery store. Coming from Nigeria, this seemed like an unbelievable novelty. Yet,…Read more

By Esther Ngumbi All over Africa, countries are battling fall armyworms. These crop-eating larval caterpillars are ravaging food supplies and posing major geopolitical challenges on the continent. Because the worms feed on over 80 plant species and develop into moths that…Read more

By Mercy Lung’aho Africa is the only continent in the world where poverty and malnutrition are on the rise. Between 1990 and 2014, the number of stunted children increased by 14 percent in East and southern Africa, and 41 percent…Read more

By Ariong Moses U.S. President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order to cut fundingto the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which distributes aid to organizations providing reproductive health services. The move will have drastic implications for generations to come,…Read more

Sub-Saharan African countries, including Ethiopia and Rwanda, have embarked on an ambitious path to reclaim and sustainably manage 100 million hectares of land by 2030. This journey is timely considering 65 percent of Africa’s soils are sick and degraded. Ailing…Read more

The ENACTS Approach, by Dr.Tufa Dinku and his research team at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, outlines a new strategy for getting high quality climate data from low resource environments in Africa.

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